The Forbidden Path to Immortality - Chapter 112

Chapter 7 Confinement

“Mysterious Puppet! This is a Mysterious Puppet!”

Hearing Li Xun’s groan, Gu Yin looked over in surprise. “Oh, quite good! I could tell at a glance!”

Li Xun didn’t reply, his entire attention focused on the face of the man before him, leaving no room for anything else.

Now, he was absolutely certain that this person was Yu San Ren. Similarly, he was absolutely certain that this person had been transformed into a Mysterious Puppet, and the techniques used were flawless.

Yu San Ren, Mysterious Puppet? Mysterious Puppet, Yu San Ren?

Absurd!

He shuddered again, feeling the chill penetrate deep into his bones, making breathing difficult. But at the same time, the realization in his mind grew clearer and clearer: Yu San Ren… was dead!

Ever since meeting Niu Li Shi, this vague understanding had been lurking for a long time. After Tian Zhi’s explanation, it finally became a definite reality today.

But the feeling was completely different from before.

At this moment, Li Xun understood completely.

Even before this, Niu Lishi and Tianzhi had used various methods to verify this, and he had already preconceived thousands of “beliefs” in his heart. But when he actually encountered the results, he suddenly realized that the root that had been rotting deep in his heart was still—”Disbelief!”

How could he believe it?

His enemy, the enemy who had brought him utter humiliation, the object of his millions of curses, even the target of his lifelong hostility and pursuit…

For decades of his life, this person had been like a huge shadow, looming over him, seemingly omnipresent. And today, he declared in this way: Sorry, this is just a bubble of nothingness.

What was he then? A madman screaming at the sky? Or a fool punching the air? Or a joke whose life was supported by nothingness?

He suddenly thought of Zuowang Peak, of Linyuan Terrace, of himself leaping from the terrace, tumbling and struggling in the empty space with no support, with layer after layer of gravity pressing down on him, a seemingly endless fall.

Just like this moment!

No! At least then, he still knew the direction he was falling. But now, he looked around in a vast, hopeless state, with no support.

His body and mind seemed to be fading into nothingness. Perhaps in the next moment, he would become just another bubble, shattering with a wave, leaving no trace.

This was a nightmare, and he was suffocating in it, feeling as if he would never wake up again.

At this moment, a familiar figure passed by him, then glanced back coldly—perhaps it was an illusion.

But that figure, that gaze, was like a sharp sword, instantly piercing the suffocating nightmare, letting the air of reality rush into his mouth and nose.

Li Xun shuddered, but in that moment, he was truly awake.

Gu Yin was studying him with interest, and Li Xun could even see his own pale face reflected in her pupils.

A sharp alarm exploded in his mind, and an invisible pressure gathered from all sides. Li Xun wasn’t exactly calm and composed at the moment, but he still instinctively adjusted his expression, passing it off as someone stunned by a shocking secret.

“Yu San Ren, is he really Yu San Ren?”

“Absolutely genuine.” Gu Yin smiled faintly, seemingly at ease, but her eyes flickered, like mist and gauze, gently tracing Yu San Ren’s body, the meaning of which was hard to describe. After a pause, she said leisurely, “After all, I only have one uncle.”

As the conversation progressed, Li Xun’s fragmented thoughts finally began to piece themselves together, and he could control his facial muscles more smoothly.

He swallowed, a hint of coldness still lingering between his teeth. “But…”

Li Xun seemed to suddenly realize something, and with a stiff neck, he turned his head away, staring at Gu Yin’s calm and composed face. He opened his mouth, but nothing came out.

Gu Yin raised her eyes slightly and met his. The piercing power of her gaze pierced Li Xun’s heart, shocking him, yet also making him feel a genuine, unpretentious frankness. Gu Yin wasn’t deliberately trying to hide anything, nor did she need to!

Li Xun truly smiled wryly. In this moment, after a subtle divergence, the “virtual him” and the “real him” seamlessly merged together.

This made him ask a question with all his heart: “Why?”

“I’m so sorry, but this is not what I wanted to tell you today. But…”

Still with that penetrating gaze, Gu Yin stared at Li Xun, but with a smile on her face: “I really want to ask you, this time, did I hit the target?”

Li Xun’s heart skipped a beat, but because he was mentally prepared, he smiled bitterly when he heard it: “Master Gu, what are you talking about? The previous ones were fine, but this…

Well, I admit that your uncle’s condition did surprise me, but it doesn’t seem to be connected to the previous ones, right?”

“Yes, it really seems to have nothing to do with you. However, there is one thing I still don’t understand!”

Gu Yin’s tone was first suppressed and then raised, and she understood the meaning of Zongheng: “My previous few heart-piercing words were not very nice, and your strong reaction was understandable and not surprising.

But just now, for my uncle’s matter, wasn’t your reaction a little extreme?”

“Excessive? Was I?” Li Xun tried to maintain an innocent air.

Gu Yin remained silent, merely smiling and casually forming a hand seal. The water vapor surrounding the pavilion, gathered by her true energy, gradually gathered shape, then crystallized out of thin air into a water mirror.

On the water mirror, the very expression Li Xun had just had upon meeting Yu San Ren was reflected.

No one had ever “refuted” him in this way, so it was the first time Li Xun had witnessed such a rich chromatic shift on his face.

From cyan to crimson, then crimson to pale, his facial muscles twitching and straining, he expressed fear, anger, hatred, even despair…

every expression he shouldn’t have shown was fully expressed in that moment, ultimately ending in a shattering trance.

As expected!

Li Xun closed his eyes, then opened them again. Surprisingly, he wasn’t overly distraught or frustrated. He simply suddenly understood: this is what it’s like when decades of pent-up emotion burst forth! So, what else could he say?

Gu Yin waved her sleeve to wipe away the water mirror. As she did so, Li Xun gathered his strength as discreetly as possible, preparing for any eventuality.

Gu Yin should have noticed, but instead, she sat down on the other side of the railing, leaning against it, her gaze fixed on the distant landscape shaded by flowers and trees.

“It’s strange, isn’t it? The life and death of a complete stranger is more important to you than the humiliation and threats you’ve suffered. It’s funny, I used to think it was because of Lin Ge…”

As Gu Yin whispered, Li Xun couldn’t help but picture the now-blurred figure in his mind. This time, even he was about to laugh.

Gu Yin glanced back at him, her words tinged with amusement.

“Yes, if you see it that way, I’m overestimating your virtue. If you could stand up for the injustice of the Lin Pavilion, and from Qixia to your uncle, and still be so devoted, how could you still be alive today? Then, there must be another reason: something that directly affects you, something we overlooked. Isn’t that right?”

Li Xun didn’t answer. At this point, he no longer had any thoughts. His concentration made his expression as solid as cast iron, without a single wavering movement. The coldness in his eyes had accumulated to the point where it could no longer be concealed.

Things couldn’t get any worse. Instead of playing coy, he might as well give him a fight! Gu Yin was seriously injured…

Before he could let go of this thought, a familiar pulse of energy erupted from his side. The momentum wasn’t overbearing, but it steadily overwhelmed him.

Jade Wanderer!

Li Xun’s body froze completely!

Long ago, from the moment he realized Yu Sanren might be dead, a question had been brewing in the corner of his mind—not to mention the ethical implications, but simply from a rational perspective, Gu Yin must have understood the impact Yu Sanren’s presence or absence would have on the strength of the Miaohua Sect and the Loose Cultivator Alliance. Not to mention the price she would have to pay to kill Yu Sanren…

Now, the answer was revealed. Conversely, being locked onto the Nether Mysterious Puppet felt utterly awful!

At this moment, Gu Yin firmly held the upper hand, but it seemed she had no intention of cutting the Gordian knot. With a light cough, she seemed to have forgotten what she had just said, and cast her gaze off into the distance, motioning Li Xun to follow her lead.

“There, do you see that?”

Li Xun paused, then followed her gaze. In the sunlight, he saw shimmering water, resembling a small lake.

Gu Yin said slowly, “That’s Luoyu Lake. Next to it, there’s a waterside pavilion called ‘Yihuzhu,’ a place my uncle loved very much.”

The atmosphere, already tense to the point of collapse, slowly softened under her gentle voice. For a moment, Li Xun lost all desire to risk his life.

But at the same time, he didn’t understand what Gu Yin was trying to say, so he could only remain silent, feeling powerless and awkward.

Gu Yin didn’t expect him to respond, so she paused briefly before continuing with a smile.

“Of course, you should know something about my uncle’s character. Besides singing to the wind and moon, he also slept with women and willows. So, that was also where he indulged in his absurd pleasures. It was there that he died on a woman’s belly, his soul obliterated, unable to reincarnate, and his body used as a puppet… Do you want to go and see it?”

The concept of “Soul-Snatching Technique” flashed through Li Xun’s mind, and he nodded involuntarily.

“Okay, follow me.”

Li Xun looked at her in surprise, watching her stand up and walk out of the pavilion, leaving behind the Youxuan puppet that was most likely to protect her. For a moment, he didn’t understand what she was doing, but in the end, he couldn’t help but follow her.

Gu Yin didn’t plan to walk step by step to the waterside pavilion, but floated in the air, drifting with the wind.

Li Xun followed closely, and in just a few breaths, they were above the lake. Li Xun also saw the so-called “One Hectare Pearl Pavilion”.

The waterside pavilion was built on the shore, with a rectangular hall built on the shore. There were floor-to-ceiling windows facing the water, and a winding stone bridge connected to the water viewing pavilion.

Overall, it was elegant, but it was light-transmitting on all sides. Considering what Gu Yin said, the absurdity of Yu Sanren’s life was evident.

Gu Yin’s expression was serene, her emotions unremarkable. Pointing down from above, she pointed at the water beside the viewing pavilion and said, “A thousand feet below this water lies one of the North Sea’s springs. Every day at high tide, the water surges, sending bubbles surging like fragments of jade, a breathtaking beauty. This is how the lake and pavilion got their names. Unfortunately…”

Before she could finish her words, the sound of singing began to drift by, the second stanza of the same poem.

“My talent has faded with age, so stop searching for beautiful verses. The verdant landscape is enchanting, yet even more sorrow descends upon the night flute playing in Shanyang. A century of heartbreak, only Yu Lan knows. I’m not finished chanting, so I’ll sail back, leaving only to remember you beneath the moon.”

Li Xun’s face changed slightly as he heard the song.

Human psychology is truly strange. It was clearly the same person, the same song, but the timing was only half an incense stick’s worth of time. When he had heard it before, he had only felt that the song was lingering and touching, but now, it sounded like the sobbing of a lonely soul in the desolate wilderness, the chirping of ghosts, which made his whole body feel cold.

Gu Yin noticed the change in his heart, but did not say much. After the song faded, he continued with the previous words, speaking as if nothing had happened.

“It’s a pity that this scenery of fallen jade and lost pearls has not been seen in the past few decades. There is another scenery that has been recently discovered and is worth seeing. I think you should be very interested in it.”

Li Xun was still surprised by Yu Sanren’s singing. He nodded repeatedly when he heard it, but he didn’t know what he had agreed to.

Seeing his look, Gu Yin sneered: “It’s nothing more than chanting lyrics and singing songs, but a wisp of remaining divine consciousness is causing trouble. You know something about the Nether Puppet, so how can you not be frightened?”

Li Xun’s mentality was a little unstable at this time. He would have been fine after the embarrassment, but he instinctively replied: “Uh, is that so? I’ve only seen how this puppet kills people, but I haven’t thought about this.”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere between the two became more relaxed, and Gu Yin’s eyes flashed, as if he realized something: “I heard that you and the Hundred Ghosts Taoist of the Ghost Shadow Sect are enemies. Did you see it from him?”

“Exactly!” Li Xun answered straightforwardly, but he was also alert, pretending to respond casually: “The Hundred Ghosts guy’s forbidden techniques and cultivation are commendable, but the “Shadow Puppet” is still

the most troublesome. I have suffered a lot from it. “

Gu Yin listened and nodded slightly: “As expected… That’s good. If everyone can reach an agreement, I will trouble you with one more thing!”

“Ah?”

“Go down!”

As he spoke, Gu Yin landed first.

Li Xun had sharp eyes and could see clearly that when he was falling, Gu Yin clearly took out a jade bottle from his sleeve, poured out a few pills and swallowed them. After landing, he also rubbed his lower abdomen lightly to catalyze the effect of the medicine, and his face showed an unconcealable fatigue.

As long as he moves fast…

Li Xun couldn’t help but have some ideas, but as soon as he moved his fingers, he suddenly remembered something.

Back then on the Zuowang Peak, he accidentally discovered that Gu Yin came without notice, but because of his lack of strength, he was almost killed. And how did Zhong Yin save him at that time?

Gu Yin didn’t know what Li Xun was thinking. She sat down beside the railing, her eyes looking at the mirror-like lake. Li Xun stood beside her while thinking about things, and had no intention of sitting down.

For a moment, neither of them spoke, the atmosphere abruptly quiet. It wasn’t until the sun dipped slightly lower, its rays illuminating the water, that Gu Yin smiled. “Do you know that where you’re standing is where your uncle was killed?”

Li Xun’s eyes twitched, but he remained silent.

Gu Yin returned her gaze to the pavilion and looked around. “It’s just like what’s happening right before my eyes. It’s a pity that it’s not nighttime, and there’s no longer a Pearl Spring gushing out of the lake… The more this is the case, the more you can’t miss this other view. I think you’ll be very happy to see it.”

As she spoke, the lake beneath the pavilion suddenly began to ripple. The center of the pavilion split into two sides, revealing a corridor wide enough for two people to walk side by side, connected by steps. At first glance, the bottom was indistinct, and there seemed to be a faint glow below, but it was not clearly visible from here.

With Li Xun’s keen eyesight, he naturally saw that this was a rather ingenious forbidden magic mechanism, relying not on human power, but on water-repelling droplets.

However, what practical value was there in building such a mechanism at the bottom of the lake?

Before he could think about it, Gu Yin had stood up. Perhaps because of the effect of the medicine, her cheeks were slightly flushed, and her complexion was much better. As she floated down and into the lake’s curtain wall, her figure resembled the goddess of Luo River, dancing gracefully and dreamlike.

Li Xun didn’t know why this thought suddenly struck him, but seeing Gu Yin looking back at him from beneath the water, he followed without hesitation.

As he sank beneath the surface, the water above him suddenly closed in. The surge of water sent spray everywhere, but not a drop landed on him. However, the surroundings darkened.

Li Xun paused, but seeing Gu Yin, oblivious to the situation, continued to advance, he gritted his teeth and followed closely.

With each level he descended, the water above him closed in a few inches, without any disturbance. Looking to either side, he could see the lake’s bottom through the curtain of water. Occasionally, schools of fish swam by, reflecting the sunlight filtering through, creating a unique and captivating scene.

But Li Xun quickly focused his attention on Gu Yin.

In the dim environment, Gu Yin’s snow-white figure in front of her was extremely eye-catching. Due to the interweaving of light and shadow, her figure was looming, just like her thoughts at the moment, elusive. Just as she

was secretly pondering, Gu Yin’s movements suddenly slowed down a bit. When Li Xun walked to her side, she adjusted her pace so that the two walked side by side, and said softly: “This is actually the worst case scenario.”

“Huh?”

“Isn’t it? No matter what the problem is, as long as both of you are still alive in this world, there is always a possibility of reconciliation. Just like my previous guesses, even if you admit it, it doesn’t matter. Persuasion, negotiation, compensation, there will always be a way to come up with a solution. Even if there is no way, it is not difficult to weigh the pros and cons.”

Hearing her understatement, Li Xun did not agree at first, but when he heard the four words “weigh the pros and cons”, his heart chilled, and he forgot to refute.

Gu Yin continued, “Only people like you and your uncle, with no communication and inexplicable hatred, are the real problem. It’s useless to kill them, and there are no tears to cry. Even finding a way to vent is difficult. What’s more… well, I took a big risk this time!”

Hearing the unspoken meaning in her words, Li Xun frowned. He really couldn’t understand what Gu Yin knew.

And now, where is she going to lead him?

At this time, the waterway that looked like a crystal palace had long been completed. The two were already deeper in the lake. The light here was darker. Only the night pearls on the stone walls on both sides emitted a green glow.

Li Xun found that the temperature here was much lower than that outside. Moreover, as the two went deeper, the temperature became lower and lower. The faint chill penetrated the skin and was very severe.

As if sensing Li Xun’s thoughts, Gu Yin casually explained, “About a hundred feet down, you’ll find one of the North Sea’s springs. Here, the moisture gradually dissipates, and the chill grows. Surrounding the spring is a thousand-year-old black ice, unmelted for years. The chill seals the blood vessels and penetrates the bone marrow, making it an ideal material for refining magical weapons.”

As she spoke, she

suddenly stopped. Li Xun reacted quickly, stopping as well.

He looked up, seeing something blocking the way. As his eyes adjusted to the light, he quickly saw an iron gate, the width of the corridor, completely blocking the passage.

Engraved on its surface were patterns that must be forbidden markings. A deep chill filtered through the gate, choking his throat.

“This is…”

“Prison.”

The two words burst from Gu Yin’s lips like icy beads, a chill that made Li Xun tense.

He frowned and asked, “Master Gu, are you asking me to go to jail?”

“Of course not. Didn’t I tell you before that I invite you to see this new view at the foot of Luoyu Lake? Building this prison has blocked the spring, and lost the view of the lake, but I think it’s worth it to have this new view.”

Gu Yin smiled and walked forward, placing her slender hand on the cold iron door. As the energy shifted several times, the various patterns on the iron door illuminated slightly, and with a teeth-grinding “squeak”, it moved to the side.

The surging cold wave, like a starving beast, roared like thunder and rushed out, instantly filling the corridor, and the temperature plummeted.

Facing this cold wave, Gu Yin, still seriously injured, couldn’t help but cough twice, but she soon recovered her breath and moved to the side, allowing Li Xun to see the view beyond the iron door.

“A cold, black gold chain, a frosty jade beauty. Are you satisfied with this scene?”

She received no response, simply because Li Xun was completely frozen.

Behind the iron gate was an ice chamber.

It was actually an ice chamber, a five-foot-square area carved out of the black ice, specifically to house the beautiful woman in green.

Even with the light from the pearls outside, Li Xun couldn’t see her face clearly, for she knelt with her long hair hanging down, obscuring her face.

Above her shoulders, two finger-thick black gold chains dangled from the translucent ice wall. Two jade hooks nestled at the ends of the chains, their tips piercing the woman’s wrists, lifting them up and spreading them apart. This pulled the woman’s arms sideways, forever suffering the pain of the pendant.

A cold wave roared through the narrow space, blowing the thin chains and causing the woman’s arms to sway gently back and forth.

The bone-chilling cold had frozen the jade hook to the flesh of her wrist. At first glance, it was impossible to tell which was the wrist and which was the jade hook.

If it weren’t for the faint trace of warm air still emanating from the woman’s mouth and nose, Li Xun would have believed she was a frozen corpse, which slowly made his stiff body regain feeling.

Gu Yin’s whisper reached his ears: “Since we built this ice chamber sixty-one years ago, we’ve moved her inside and she hasn’t left. But now, she seems to be doing well.”

Li Xun said nothing, his eyes fixed on the woman in green. Gu Yin’s eyes glanced at his unconsciously clenched and trembling fists, and a faint smile crossed her face, pale again from the cold.

“Aren’t you surprised to see her? A senior from the sect who claimed to be in a state of death seclusion is chained to the North Sea spring, suffering from this freezing cold. Isn’t this even more shocking than the news of my uncle’s death?”

Li Xun’s face paled, just like Gu Yin’s.

But Gu Yin’s whisper still echoed in his ears: “As expected… Although I don’t know how you knew the calculations behind this, but now that things have come to this, we have finally lifted the lid on everything. Do you hate it?”

“…No”

Even Li Xun didn’t know what the word “no” meant. After it left his lips, he took a moment to breathe before continuing, but he was very frugal with his words, muttering only, “Why is it so?”

Gu Yin’s beautiful eyes darted between the two faces inside and outside the room, then smiled and said, “Don’t you understand? My uncle is already in that state, so how could this person, who is determined to be my aunt, give up? I have no choice but to lock her up here, let the cold air clear her mind.”

After a pause, she said in a very subtle tone, “Why, are you heartbroken?”

“No, I mean… brilliant!”

Li Xun’s voice became sharper, and he uttered a strange, drawn-out tone. He seemed to be emphasizing his words, or as if he were possessed by a mad nightmare, his head and neck shaking unconsciously. Only his eyes, from beginning to end, were fixed on the woman in green, unable to move away: “This method is brilliant… Why didn’t I think of it?”

These words quickly shattered in the roaring cold wave, and could no longer form a sound. And this sentence seemed to have exhausted all his strength. When the breath was squeezed out of his lungs, it could only rub against the vocal cords, making a rustling low gasp.

Gu Yin came closer, wanting to see how he was doing. However, Li Xun waved his hand back, blocking her behind him, and then turned half of his face to the side.

He saw a glance from the corner of his eye, and Gu Yin’s breath could not help but stop. But soon, she came to her senses and sighed, “This is what I’m most worried about! Love is the most unreasonable thing. In this case, can we still talk?”

“Talk! Why not!” Li Xun’s cheek muscles twitched slightly, but his tone was surprisingly steady: “I remember very clearly, you just said that there is persuasion, discussion, and compensation, is that right?”

Gu Yin was stunned for a moment, and then he said suddenly: “If it’s just this person, there is no question of compensation. As you think and as you wish, as for the others, we can discuss it afterwards.”

Li Xun laughed, but his voice was hoarse. He looked at Gu Yin again, took a deep breath, and stepped into the ice room. The five-foot square ice room immediately seemed crowded. Without turning his head, he whispered: “Close the door!”

Behind him, Gu Yin frowned, but stroked the iron door as he said, and it slowly closed.

But halfway through, Gu Yin stopped it again and said slowly: “Even though things have come to this, I still want to remind you, don’t forget the things you rely on to live until now!”

Li Xun didn’t respond at all. Gu Yin thought about it, and suddenly laughed dumbly again, nodded, and with a creaking sound, the iron door closed completely.

The room darkened.

But behind the ice wall, there was another layer of light blue light flashing, gradually filling the entire ice room.

With just one step, Li Xun walked in front of the beautiful woman in green, but she didn’t react.

Li Xun lowered his eyelids, and his fingers gently stroked the beautiful woman’s surprisingly soft black hair. From it, he could feel the weak but firm pulse of life coming from her body.

So, he smiled.

With a soft movement of his fingers, he pushed aside half of the curtain and placed it behind the beautiful woman’s thin shoulders.

The blue light wave cheered and cut into the newly opened gap, and then spun and reflected the whole thing. Li Xun narrowed his eyes, then slowly knelt on one knee, allowing his sight to pass through half of the silk curtain, greedily absorbing the spiritual energy from the beautiful woman’s delicate face.

He hesitated for a moment, but eventually leaned forward slowly, letting his forehead lightly touch the beautiful woman’s forehead.

Half of the black silk curtain rubbed against their skin, rippling endlessly.

The cool and smooth touch penetrated through his skull and went straight into his brain.

This made him feel as if his head was overflowing with boiling magma, and then, this amazing heat was transmitted to the beautiful woman.

Finally, feeling the pressure from the outside world, the beautiful woman’s long eyelashes fluttered twice, and then gradually lifted up. In an instant, the hazy and twinkling starlight made the entire stone chamber bright.

Li Xun’s lips curled slightly, and he called out in a hoarse voice—”Qingyin, Qingyin!”

Their eyes met, their distance almost impossible to draw close. No matter who saw them, they could only see the hazy emotions in each other’s eyes, and the true meaning was unclear.

However, at this moment, a verbal declaration felt more direct.

A long-lost voice drifted past Li Xun’s ears, subtle, low, brief, and direct!

“Get out!”

A cry echoed, and the room fell silent.

Li Xun’s eyes widened at first, then, after a moment’s pause, a choked laugh escaped his throat. “Is this… the first truth you’ve ever told me?”

Qingyin’s face remained expressionless, as she tried to tilt her head back to avoid the overly i*imate contact. However, as soon as she exerted force, Li Xun’s hand gently blocked the back of her head.

The long black gold chain jingled softly several times as Qingyin struggled to free herself from the man’s grasp, but the numerous restraints made it futile. Their foreheads remained pressed together, rubbing against each other as her body trembled.

Throughout this process, Li Xun remained silent, his body as solid as cast iron, unmoving.

Gradually, Qing Yin also stopped, perhaps because she hadn’t moved like this for decades. She breathed softly, and this gentle breath naturally caressed Li Xun’s face and seeped into his veins. His

blood instantly boiled. Deep within his heart, the raging passion, so tightly suppressed by the Jade Repellent, let out a deafening roar. Under this sudden surge of power, the Jade Repellent even let out a groan on the verge of collapse.

Li Xun reached out his other hand, touched Qing Yin’s waist, and joined the palm behind her head, gently holding her. Amidst a wave of unprecedented trembling, Qing Yin let out a low moan.

It was like pain, despair, a sign of weakness, and… temptation.

The chest cavity finally couldn’t bear the congestion, and the explosive air flow suddenly overflowed from the throat, and then shattered and torn behind the clenched teeth, finally turning into a hoarse roar. Amid the roar, Li Xun suddenly exerted his strength and tightly held the body that he had been dreaming about in his arms.

“Master Qingyin, I love you!”

It was a vague whisper, ethereal and trance-like, as if it had traveled through time and space and merged directly into the clouds on the high peaks, the green bamboo and the flowing water in the distant past.

And in the next moment, amid the roar of the cold wave, another voice was introduced: “So now…”

The voice turned in the cold wave, and Li Xun finally turned his face to the side, so that their chins rested on each other’s shoulders. He lowered his eyelids and looked at Qingyin’s slightly undulating thin back, giggling: “I will never let you go!”

Never!

Qing Yin’s body seemed to tremble again. Li Xun closed his eyes with a smile, and spoke softly as if coaxing a child: “Don’t be afraid, you still have a chance… Call someone, call someone to help you! Who should I call?

” “Zhong Yin, he has great magical powers and can do anything… Oh, sorry, he has ascended to heaven and is free from all worries! Yu Sanren? He is also an expert, with all-powerful hands and eyes… Oh, I almost forgot, he is now a blank slate, just a puppet decoration.

“Then who are you calling? Who are you calling!”

The sudden and deafening roar shattered the chill in the room, while the lingering sound was like the whimpering of a lost animal, low and silent until it faded away

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